Just when I thought everything is doing fine, I got a call from my doctor saying that the result of my glucose tolerance test is abnormal :-(. She said there is no reason to worry. It does not mean I have gestational diabetes (yet). I have to come back and do the 3 hour test where they draw blood every hour for the next 3 hours. That test will determine whether I do have GD or not. Of course, I feel bummed about this however, based on my research, a lot of women fail the 1 hour test but pass the 3 hour test with flying colors. I wonder if the cup of caramel flan I ate the night before have contributed to the false positive? :-/. I have a family history of diabetes so perhaps, that made me high risk too? I do not want to worry yet until after I take the 3 hr test and confirm that I have GD. Like what my mom friends have said, having GD is not the end of the world. It's not something that I have done (or not done) or ate that caused it. GD happens to a lot of healthy and even fit women. Unfortunately, you cannot control how your pregnancy hormones react with the rest of your body. Good news is, GD is controllable by diet. At the very least, I'll be more careful with what I'll eat for the next 13 weeks. A couple of my mom friends who had GD have delivered to healthy, beautiful babies. Now, that's reassuring!
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